The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-12
GOVERNOR WILSON
GIVES SOME OF His. own VIEWS
tho Estrn Session Of tho Legislature,
Iie Thinks It has no Power to I,aliot
for n Senator, and -Four Days will be
Ample to Transact Its business. g 4

WA Taylor has In yesterdays Cincin.
natl Enquirer q lengthy interview with
Governor Wilson, from which tho follow.
ing extracts are taken: di
"You have called tho Legislature in OK.
t,aozd'nary aeasion," I said to Governor
Yves, II will convene on the o0tb dav NJ
April"
"How long do you cxpec. 1t to con.
"Four days would be ample timo for It
TO perform the work tina. will come before
It. There Ia certainly no )roason why 1t
ahould extend beyond Il week."
"Will tho question Of electing u Senator
come up at the extra session p"
mo, sir; the constitution forbids II.
1t q consider only the eleven subjects
SCI forth In the proclamation"
And the election Of q Senator 10 not
one Of them 2"
mo, cir; that 10 net a matter OF lepisls.
ton at all. 1t Is a duty to be performed
In the manner preacribed by the coustitu.
ton, and II not performed at the time and
IN the manner prescribed, It's power lapsee
and goes over to Its successor, and the
Governor, in the exercise OF bis constitu.
tional powers, supplieu the omission by
appointment during tho interreguum."
"Was MIR. Camden the choice OF the
Democracy Of the State for Senator?"
"No-emphatically no."n
"Dut 1t Is claimed that he was and ia
"The claim Is without foundation, Upon
the square issue Mr.. Camden can moi
carry three counties in the State by Dam.
ocratic votes, at least" '& r N
but thirty.tive out OF tho fifty Dem.
o%cratlc membera OF the Legislature were
in favor OF him."
THAT 10 tho way It looked after the
Legislature met, but when the votes were
counted OF the polls the count stood
twenty-five Tor Camden to t~wenty-eight
opposed to him"
What brought about the chanyes2 p"
I'VE understand much better here in
West Virginia than even the best informed
people elsewhere do what brought Il
about. The power OF the Standard oil
Company in Democratic politics must be
broken, and here in West VIRGINIA we
mean to see that 1t is done, and done EFF.
tectually. We are not averse to corpo!a.
tons in this State. Our laws arc the most
liberal toward them Of any State in the
Union. But when q corporation abuses
its conferred powers aud becomes A mon.
opoly, as the Standard Oil COMPANY did
in its infamous combinations with railway
corporations, by which it secured rebates
that cruahed out honest competition and
industry, and then goes further and at
tempts to dominate and control politics
aud parties, it not only becomes corrupt,
but dangerous, and the public welfare de-.
manda ihs overthrow, or, rather the de.
atructlon and overthrow Of it's Legitimate
"May the Standard be thus properly in
dictcdW
"Yes, sir; its tendency has been to dis.
place rs far as possible the intelligence
and culture OF the Democratic party in
West Virginia, and put forward men with.
out regard to their fitness and ability.
Their devotion to the interests of the mo.
nopoly was the only prerequisite. It has
showed aside more than two-thirds OF the
Democrats Of brain and culture and stand.
lng-the very men who are relied on TO
win campaigns upon the stump bsfors the
people-and they are allowed neither de-
cent consideration nor such 8 share oil the
control Of public affairs as their abilities
entitls them to-. I have no personal rea-
sons for complaint. It ia true they made
q fight against me, bat the people we're on
my side, something that l very fully and
gratefully appreciate, not for myself alone,
but for the Democratic party and the per.
petuation Of Democratic principles.D
You look upon the corrupt use of
money in politics as one of the great
dangers that threaten tho perplexity of
our institutional"
1.-THE greatest Of all it u1dermiues and
destroys patriotism; it blunts public
morality; it emaEcuiates intelligence and
puts a premium on sordid vice; il de-
grades the essential manhood Of the race.
and must soon annihilate solf-government
itseli, if permitted to go on with i'm
punity. Here in West Virginia we have
declared war against it, and We mean to
strengthen the Democratic party by de-.
stroying the evil, root and branch"
""Will the failure to elect Mr.. Camden
at the late session Of the Legislature
weaken the Democratic party at the next
election" p ~
"1f he had been elected by Democratic
votes it would have weakened the party.
Had he been elected by Republican yotes
it would have weakened that party"
"Do your people hold President Cleve-
land responsible for the alleged misuse Of
the federal %patronage~
"Some do, while others believe that he
was imposed upon, and the real condition
Of things concealed from him. And
now" said Governor Wilson, in conclu-
sion, II have expressed my views freely,
if not fully, not for publication, for l have
no vanity in the way Of being interviewed,
but simply because l never seek 10 con-
caai my sentiments, while at the same
time have no anxiety tothrust my views
and opinions upon mankind"
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